Theme A: Population & Migration

Question 1

What’s meant by Crude Birth Rate?

Answer 1

The number of babies born each year per thousand of the population

Question 2

What’s meant by Crude Death Rate?

Answer 2

The number of people who die each year per thousand of the population

Question 3

What’s meant by Natural Change?

Answer 3

The difference between the crude birth rate and crude death rate

Question 4

What can natural change show?

Answer 4

A natural increase or decrease of the population

Question 5

What is meant by a push factor?

Answer 5

Something negative that would encourage people to move away from an area.

Question 6

What is meant by a pull factor?

Answer 6

Something positive about an environment that attracts people to move to a place as in it would pull them away from where they currently live.

Question 7

What is meant by the term ‘migrantion’?

Answer 7

The movement of people around the globe

Question 8

List 5 push factors

Answer 8

War
Famine
Poverty
Lack of employment
Lack of political or religious freedom

Question 9

List 5 pull factors

Answer 9

Better wages
Safety from war
Better economical opportunities
Political and religious freedom
Improvement of quality of life

Question 10

What is meant by an asylum seeker?

Answer 10

A person who crosses a border into another country for protection or shelter, who applies for refugee status in that country

Question 11

What is meant by a refugee?

Answer 11

A person who is protected
from being sent back to their country of origin because of a proven fear of
prosecution.

Question 12

What is meant by an economic migrant?

Answer 12

A person moving not to flee from persecution, but to improve their chances
of getting employment and earning money.

Question 13

Describe the Birth AND Death rate in Stage one of the DTM

Answer 13

Birth and death rates are both very high

Question 14

Describe the death rate and birth rate in stage 2 of the DTM

Answer 14

Death rate falls rapidly and birth rate stays the same

Question 15

Describe the death rate and birth rate in stage 3 of the DTM

Answer 15

Birth rate falls rapidly
Death rate falls but slower than in stage 2

Question 16

Describe the death rate and birth rate in stage 4 of the DTM

Answer 16

They are balanced and usually low

Question 17

Describe the death rate and birth rate in stage 5 of the DTM

Answer 17

Death rate higher than birth rate

Question 18

What happens to the population at stage 5 of the DTM?

Answer 18

It falls

Question 19

In a population pyramid, list the ages that are known as being the youth dependent population.

Answer 19

From 0-4 to 10-14

Question 20

In a population pyramid, list the ages known for being the independent or working population.

Answer 20

From 15-19 to 60-64

Question 21

In a population pyramid, list the ages that are known as being the aged dependent population.

Answer 21

From 65-69 to 100+

Question 22

In a population pyramid, what does a wide base show?

Answer 22

High BR

Question 23

In a population pyramid, what does a narrow base show?

Answer 23

Low BR

Question 24

In a population pyramid, what does a straight pyramid show?

Answer 24

Low DR

Question 25

In a population pyramid, what does a triangular pyramid show?

Answer 25

High DR

Question 26

In a population pyramid, what does a tall pyramid show?

Answer 26

High life expectancy

Question 27

In a population pyramid, what does a short pyramid show?

Answer 27

Low life expectancy

Question 28

What type of people do MEDCs currently have a large proportion of?

Answer 28

Elderly people

Question 29

Care for the elderly is an economic implication of an aged dependent population, why is this?

Answer 29

There will have to be more GPs , hospitals and care homes which are expensive

Question 30

Family life is a social implication of an aged dependent population, why is this?

Answer 30

It will become more difficult for people as they made need to care for their parents or elderly relatives

Question 31

Loneliness for older people is a social implication of an aged dependent population, why is this?

Answer 31

Women live longer than men so they might live alone for a long time

Question 32

Benefits are an economic implication of an aged dependent population, why is this?

Answer 32

Elders get bus passes and pensions which consume tax money

Question 33

Lack of opportunities is a social implication of a youth dependent population, why is this?

Answer 33

There is lack of education and employment which may lead to crime

Question 34

Medical care is a social implication of a youth dependent population, why is this?

Answer 34

There is little healthcare in LEDCs and in many cultures it is easier to let the child die and replacing them than to get them help by spending money on medicine

Question 35

Overcrowding is a social implication of a youth dependent population, why is this?

Answer 35

Young people live in dirty environments which may lead to disease

Question 36

Employment and Education are economic implications of a youth dependent population, why is this?

Answer 36

Lack of education will lead to a lower chance of employment which means the person will be stuck in poverty

Question 37

School is an economic implication of a youth dependent population, why is this?

Answer 37

If there are more children then more schools will be needed for education which means more money will need to be spent on recourses and teachers salaries

Question 38

What term defines people moving away to another country on a permanent or
semi-permanent basis

Answer 38

Emigration